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Today's Posts; Member List; Calendar; Forum; TV / Movies; Television; If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. Fiona Wilson was a student at Grange Hill from 1988 to 1989, played by Michelle Gayle. She made her first appearance in episode 3 of series 11 and made her final appearance in episode 20 of series 12. Fiona's best friends are Calley Donnington, Ronnie Birtles, Georgina Hayes and Helen Kelly her friends are Robbie Wright, Gonch Gardner, Jane Bishop, Gonch Gardner, Vince Savage Georgina Hayes.
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WORLD'S BEST ever kids' school drama, setin the eponymous somewhere-in-London comprehensive. The GloriousTucker and Benny Years ('77-'81) and the 'Ro-Land'/Kendall/ZammoEra ('82-8) are by far the best things creator PHIL REDMOND hasever put his name to. The spark, alas, died with rebel-with-causeDanny Kendall, but the show still limps emptily on for newgenerations. Below, we present a pupil and teacher roll-callscooping up a fair portion of the best of these two periods.
THE KIDS
STEVEN 'BANKSIE' BANKS
ALSO-RAN clean cut kid most famous for growing hopelessbumfluff 'tache upon graduation to all-new sixth form, invitingcondemnation from Bronson and ridicule from Baxter and fellowpupils alike.
| JUSTIN BENNETT HAPLESS, perpetually-sick/injured kid with lank hair and morose disposition. Played by ROBERT CRAIG-MORGAN. Fell off the roof of a shed, got nosebleeds. etc. Wretched, really. |
'BOOGA' BENSON
Keep your Grippers, Doyles, Davies and McCall (you don't get alook in, boy) the official Grange Hill Bogey Man for all time wasthe mad, bad, zitty Welsh lad who terrorised the corridors ofGrange Hill with pure, indiscriminate violence. In the latteryears we would be invited to inspect a somewhat simplisticcomposite of nature and nurture that resulted in, say, ImeldaDavies shoving wads of fibre-glass down people's back. In Booga'sday all we had to know was this: He's a Nut-Job! Best BoogaMemory: In order for the school disco to go ahead, Bridgetinsisted that the pupils grassed on the perpetrator of sometypically mindless piece of vandalism or theft (can't rememberthe exact details). Tucker, in the show-must-go-on spirit,eventually stepped forward and fingered Booga for it. Booga'sretribution was terrible, leading to scenes of Booga and his gangwhooping like them boys in The Lord of The Flies as they chargedthrough the corridors hunting the fleeing Jenkins. The endresult? Tucker got a bloody good kicking .. end of episode.
MIKE BENTLEY
LOOSE-LIPPED, weedy athlete who joined the show in the sixth form andimmediately became the lucky lust target for Georgina Hayes, who famouslytold Helen Kelly that he was still a virgin, forcing the less liberalfraternity in Tunbridge Wells to assault the typewriter in disgust. Ended upwinning loads of medals at some event despite a piss-up the night before andan archetypal 'pushy dad', who was never seen out of a tracksuit. Played byRENE ZAGGER, now pounding ver beat as PC Nick Klein in The Bill.
RONNIE BIRTLES
Does she really? Was the 'other one' out of poor-as-you-likelunchtime rap outfit Fresh 'n' Fly, with Michelle 'Hattie' Gayle's Fiona. Romantically linked with Gonch for a while.
| ROLAND 'RO-LAAND' BROWNING ERKAN MUSTAFA'S roly-poly pathologically quiet figure of fun went from young, bullied, chocolate-wrapper-hoarding son of MIKE SAVAGE off EUREKA! through broody, antisocial stooge to Gripper Stebson and unwilling 'boyfriend' of Janet St. Clair to jumpered sixth-form cookery expert with scarcely an ounce shed. Got lost when orienteering with Bullet Baxter. Nearly always had his hand in a packet of KP Cheese 'n' Onion. Rounded character, ho ho. |
TREVOR CLEAVER
UGLY FAT GINGE with volcanic complexion and surly dispositionoften, bizarrely, in league with Imelda Davies. Penchant forexport lager which caused him to fall asleep on yet anotherschool trip abroad and float out to sea on a tyre. Vince Savagewas his hopeless one-man 'gang'.
| IMELDA DAVIES TOMBOYISH punkette psychopath of the mid-'80s, very much 'her own girl' and hater of Ziggy Greaves (a vendetta which led to her own expulsion in a pitched water bomb battle gone wrong). Her gang, 'The Terror Hawks' (cheers, 1985!) went head-to-head with TREVOR CLEAVER. And blinked. Georgina Hayes was the only other notable member of Les Ts. |
CALLY DONNINGTON
STANDARD GH blonde played by SIMONE HYAMS, most famousin real life for thinking Michael Winner 'worth thecandle', so to speak.
MICKEY DOYLE
ALL-ROUND bully and git, the only force malevolent enough tounite Tucker and Trisha (albeit briefly). Put the hard-fought-forlunchtime common room into jeopardy after his money making scheme(yep, another one) of stealing light bulbs from the school andselling them to the local stereotypical Jewish hardware store wasrumbled. The anti-Tucker with his foppish fringe and dinner-moneyextortion rackets was the original Gripper Stebson. OK, neverquite as feared as Gripper and if you see the old episodes againhe's frankly a disappointment pretty much due to his sopranovoice. Still there must have been something about him, becausefor many under 12's he personified that terrible evil thatawaited you when you moved to the high school. Had two sidekickscalled 'Macker' and 'Robo'. His dad was on the local council(there were strong hints that he was a Tory of the Enoch Powelltradition) so he was a privileged, spoiled bully as opposed toGripper, who was a deprived, under-privileged one. Played byVINCENT HALL.
ANNETTE FIRMAN
ASSOCIATE of Fay Lucas. Always getting into scrapes and beratingFay for being 'Goody Two Shoes'. Played by NADIA CHAMBERS.
JIMMY FLYNN
THIRD member of the Jonah/Zammo gang, Played by TERRY KINSELLA. Agoofy, nay Walrus-faced, kid with a speech impediment whose onlyrole is to be a pain in the arse and piss people off. Hissub-Wildean dialogue includes: Dinner Lady: 'You've made melose my temper.' (Flynn looks behind counter) Dinner Lady:' 'Ere what yer doin'?' Flynn: 'I'm lookin foryour temper.' Hilarious.
| LUKE 'GONCH' GARDENER THE BILKO of GH. Money-making schemes 'were' him, from bingo in the boiler room to 'clean your PE kit for 50p' to selling 'buttered toast'. Bugged the staff room and caught Stebson nicking stuff. Inevitably went 'too far' and was undone by his greed and semi-comprehending shortarse associate 'Hollo' Holloway. Played by the familiarly-named JOHN HOLMES. |
JULIA GLOVER
ATTRACTIVE best mate of Laura Regan who was the kind of mature,'well-developed', hair-flicking stay-out-lategirlfriend many young male viewers wished they had.
| 'ZIGGY' GREAVES A SCOUSER, and so always held in low esteem by the bulk of the none-more-cockernee Hillites. Passions - football! Of course! And, er, 'mischief-making'. Seen here with long-time compadre Robbie, indulging in some good clean we're-gonna-be-in-trouble-before-25-minutes- are-up fun. Overcame arch rival Imelda Davies, but eventually pissed off anyway. Played by GEORGE CHRISTOPHER. |
| BENNY GREEN PLAYED by TERRY SUE PATT who, like Ant Jones, started off in CFF Films. Member, of course, of Tuckers' gang. Overcame racism and 'his dad's unemployed!' prejudice to play for the district footie team. 'Go on, then. Go ahead and hit me. But it won't make me wrong, will it?' |
| CATHY HARGREAVES TRISHA'S best mate and hockey companion, played by LINDY BRILL. Had troubled relationship with mum, dad and 'real dad', which inevitably led to her getting caught doing a bit of 'cry for help' shoplifting.. of a record of 'Amazing Grace' of all things. Fancied the much-fancied 'Hoppy' Hopwood, and followed him around the corridors. Until he told her to 'go away'. |
GEORGINA HAYES
INITIALLY girlfriend of short-stay budget Tucker ANTJONES and member of IMELDA DAVIES' daft 'Terror Hawks'gang. Latterly as lovetorn 'across the barricades' case after Antwas relocated to St. Josephs. Ended up going out with Ziggy.
'HOLLO' HOLLOWAY
PARTHER IN CRIME of Gonch, of course, usually coming offthe worst in their many money-making schemes (ie. doing most ofthe work, taking most of the blame when it went pear-shaped),unless there were some hapless second-formers to rope into theproceedings. Effortlessly baited T Cleaver with the 'hauntedboiler room' bit. Left two years before Gonch, who was neverquite the same after. 'Push off, Cleaver!' Played byBRADLEY SHEPPARD.
| ALAN HUMPHRIES THIRD member of the Jenkins gang. Burly chess-playing lummox played by GEORGE ARMSTRONG and also to be seen hanging about with Billy MacArthur. Dramatically floored by 'Hoppy' Hopwood after he discovered him having a crafty Woodbine in class. |
JEREMY IRVINE
ILL-STARRED cousin of Jonah's, dared by him to jump in the poolafter a swimming lesson to get Fay Lucas' bangle (thrown in byZammo) for a rather weak 'dare'. Went in, never came out alive,despite the best 'Don't.. die.. (thump)' efforts ofhave-a-go hero Baxter, who later got a bollocking (as did theepisdoe itself from irate viewers) for leaving the kidsunattended in the pool.
| PETER 'TUCKER' JENKINS TODD CARTY'S original 'rapscallion' will always be synonymous with The 'Hill. From his original incarnation as a tiny, bowl-cutted brat, mouthing off to Baxter and getting one over on nemesis Trisha Yates, to senior leather biker, lording it benevolently over all the school, including Gripper. Head of the original 'gang of four' (cf Alan Humphries, Benny Green, Tommy Watson), who were forever pleading with the Man to 'leave it aaaht'. Nickname derived, somewhat predictably, from lunchtime tuckshop fondness. The downbeat TUCKER'S LUCK and a job at a filling station followed. |
ANTHONY 'ANT'JONES
COOL, mulleted, slightly dull semi-rebel, most famously seen inCFF masterpiece POP PIRATES. A favourite of 'Pip' Schofield,suspiciously. Ended up transferring to rival school St. Joseph'safter one Bronson run-in too many. Played by RICKY SIMMONDS.
'JONAH' JONES
EARLY mate of Zammo. Got gloomy monicker after Jeremy Irvineincident. Famously stole a couple of Rodney Bennett uniforms withZammo and passed themselves off as RB pupils for a day, untilBullet turned up to borrow some PE equipment.. Played by LEESPARKS, who went on to appear in rubbish ITV schools musicaldrama BEHIND THE BIKE SHEDS.
ANTHONYKARAMANOPOLIS
FAMED, a la JUSTIN BENNETT, for taking a plunge from theroof of a local shopping centre, during an increasinglylife-threatening series of chicken games. Cue limp body onground, shocked face of mate, silent end credits. Prior to that,all he did was fall asleep in class because his dad was workinghim too hard in the shop.
HELEN KELLY
SPIKEY, whiney-voiced 'lib girl' who formed part of Imelda's 'Terror Hawks'(do you see?) gang and later blatantly told Bronson that she hadn't done her Frenchhomework because she 'was watching Clint Eastwood'. Later accusedBronson of chauvinism when he told her she should forget her ambitions to bean engineer and go for secretarial training instead, proving him wrong bycompleting a successful work placement at some factory, enduring the notunexpected sexist jibes from the workforce in the process. Also went througha series of crap 'dares' with Georgina, which resulted in her having atattoo of a spider put on her arm. Played by RUTH CARRAWAY.
| DANNY KENDALL MISUNDERSTOOD artistic genius, mural-daubing man-with-a-mission, instigator of the Speaking Wall and Radio GH, and redesigner of the GH badge into a rubbishy purple graphic which coincided with the series buckling under and going crap. A loner, ever moaning at McCluskey to get him a graphic design work placement and 'keep Bronson off my back!', the sickly boy finally copped it, poetically, in the back of Bronson's car after stealing it, leading to the infamous silent hounding of Maurice in the playground the next week.Played by JONATHAN LAMBETH. |
| FAY LUCAS MUCH-FANCIED 'romantic lead' material (ie. her character wasn't too thrilling, to be honest), Fay's main schtick was gymnastics, leading to many 'you shouldn't be neglecting your studies' discussions and bitchy 'Urgh! She's got all muscles!' comments from fellow girls. Played by ALISON BETTLES, seen here Just Saying No in the dreadful 'pumping iron/roller disco' video for that rather misguided spin off 'message' single. Hung about with BELINDA ZOWKOWSKI and ANNETTE FIRMAN. |
FREDMAINWARING
OLDER brother of Chrissy. Clearly fancied himself,having had a brief thing with Julia Glover before going for theolder Julie Merchant. In the barge trip which took place whenZammo/Roland et al were in their last year, Fred took his entiredesigner wardrobe with him, got all his clothes ripped ormuddied, and ended up wearing an Arran sweater and looking aprize pillock. Ended up going out with Laura Regan after Julieleft school, and Julia was removed elsewhere by her disapprovingfather (see below). Also older brother of Chrissy.
'MAULER'McCAUL
SECOND-DIVISION 'hard', menaced Gonch, but not that much.American football fetish. Rubbish Gridiron Gang (cue endlessrunning about the playground in shoulder pads and helmet like aprize mid-'80s pillock) included 'Spit' (not the dog, alas).
McCLAREN
ANOTHER money-making schemer (what was it with The 'Hill andproto-capitalists?), at his peak during the year GH had theirsponsored walk. I believe he opened a book on the results of thewalk and, for some reason, backed Roland to win it. Of course, itdidn't work out like that. McClaren out-Pogo'd Pogo and outGonch'd-Gonch for being the funniest, and wiliest GH money-maker.His sidekick was that chap who later went onto to play'gay' Barry in EastEnders.
SUSI MACMAHON
FAT GIRL perennially teased by Pongo Yates and driven to anorexia(well, only eating one sausage at teatime for a bit).
| SAMUEL 'ZAMMO' MAGUIRE THE SHAUN RYDER of GH, turned from second-form mini-rogue and associate of 'Jonah' Jones and ill-fated Jeremy Irvine to one-boy rock 'n' roll casualty within the space of one season. In short, he chased the dragon and got a smack in the nose. Overcame the evil poppy against the odds, mind, thanks to patient teachers and a dreary-looking dry-out clinic. Catchphrase: 'It's not cut glass, it's smooth. Dead posh, though! Fifty quid?' Played by LEE MACDONALD. |
PRECIOUSMATTHEWS
FELLOW PUPIL of Tucker et al. Token black girl, and as such hadfew memorable 'escapades', alas. Actress went on to appear inlacklustre drama Call Me Mister. See also Glenroy, tokenRastafarian of smashed open day exhibit and massive sound systemfor hire at school disco fame.
DUANEORPINGTON
SAPPY kid with a crush on Miss Lexington ('can I carry yourbags, miss?'), but not of Clair Scott/Hopwood proportions.
STUART 'POGO'PATTERSON
FATTO ginger kid with nickname of unknown origin, prone totuckshop 'raids' and proto-Gonch moneymaking schemes designed tofeed said 'urge', including short-lived Rice Krispy cake racket.Actually tried that 'exam answers on chewing gum wrappers'gambit. And was, inevitably, caught at it. Played by PETER MORAN,who even wrote an autobiography and called it, rather bitterly,'Pogo-Stuck' (geddit?)
AICHAA RASHIM
FOXY Asian sixth-former who annoyed her pal Georgina by getting a modellingassignment for a magazine while Georgina was turned down, only to be deniedher big chance by her stereotypically mollycoddling parents, who deemed theopportunity unsuitable for their culture. Dated Robbie Wright for a while,who chivalrously broke the ice by introducing himself to her parents ratherthan let them find out surreptitiously that she was seeing (gasp) a whiteboy. Played by VEENA TULSIANI.
| SUZANNE ROSS CLEARLY SUSAN TULLY, of course. Hated school uniforms, loved 'Scruffy' McGuffy, and helmed the anarcho-synicalist Student Action Group to save the latter and scrap the former (Uniform's a drag, so says the SAG!'). After leaving, spent a bit of time dressing up like Mrs. Robert Smith (left) and strutting round the GH corridors waiting to be 'done' by McCluskey, whereupon she would inform her that she weren't at this school no more, and so could wear what she liked, so ner. |
JANET St.CLAIR
'LET ME help you, Rol-aaand!' Yep, the hapless Roly'swould-be girl, played by SIMONE NYLANDER and not Michelle Gayle,who was in it much later, as Fiona part of awful sub-Cookie Crewoutfit Fresh 'n' Fly (cf RONNIE BIRTLES).
VINCE SAVAGE
SLACK JAWED, buzzcutted and thick, thick, THICK stooge to TrevorCleaver. Believed the mottled one had eerie supernatural powerswith little encouragement. Came into his own during misguidedHarriet the donkey saga.
CLAIRE SCOTT
'SWEET' girl with a serious crush for Mr. Hopwood, leading tofictitious diary entries which portrayed her school girlsex-fantasies with 'Hoppy' as though they were real. Of course,in Grange Hill, everyone's diaries are regularly read by theirmums ('darling, I was just worried about you - and youhaven't been speaking to me lately') which in this case ledto Mr Scott storming red-faced around Grange Hill looking to twathim who'd dunnit to his daughter. Pogo's response whenencountering Mr Scott rampaging: 'Get Bullet!' Playedby PAULA ANN BLAND.
| 'GRIPPER' STEBSON VIOLENT, racist junior thug who, despite having ROLAND BROWNING in his 'gang' (along with Danny Rees, etc.) ruled GH with an iron fist until finally kicked out with help from tough-but-fair Bullet Baxter. Last seen harrassing Zammo and pals at the GH junior fun-run on his butcher's delivery bike. How the mighty, etc.. Supported Chelsea. Was a wizard at Space Invaders. Played by MARK SAVAGE. |
CHRISTOPHER 'STEWPOT' STEWART
WISECRACKING best mate of Duane Orpington, who blanked him and then punchedhim after both went after Claire Scott and Stewpot won. Comeuppance was due,and Duane was delighted when McCluskey suspended the young lovebirds afterthey were caught snogging in the book cupboard. MARK BURDIS was yer man,who now frequents two piss-poor police shows; Operation Good Guys and The Bill. He is completely bald.
MADELEINETANNER
ANOTHER early 'Hill bad girl a la Trisha. Darednice-but-troubled Cathy Hargreaves to do a bit of tealeafing downthe local Woolies. Nasty.
TOMMY WATSON
THE fourth member of Tucker's original gang, and possibly theleast memorable, apart from the infamous incident when he wassmuggled onto a school coach via the emergency exit for a campingtrip to France. With, of course, disastrous consequences.
| JACKI WRIGHT THE FIFTH-FORM bride! Aka the prospective 'Mrs. Zammo McGuire', aka (really) MELISSA WILKES, of OUR SHOW 'Grand Pricks' infamy. Worried a lot, mostly about Zammo, but also about mysterious rival suitor 'Loop Wind'. As well she might, quite frankly. |
ROBBIE WRIGHT
ZIGGY'S co-conspirator, asHollo was to Gonch or Benny to Tucker. Outstayed the Zig, and gotmixed up in football hooliganism before leaving. Li'l bruv ofJacki (above). Played by JOHN 'I've been stitched up!'ALFORD.
| TRISHA YATES ARCH-RIVAL to Tucker (who called her 'Pongo', for easily-guessable reasons) and violent hockey-bitch. Played by MICHELLE HIBBERT with a Lorraine Chase voice. Scruffy and sarky, but (yes) 'a good girl at heart'. |
BELINDAZOWKOWSKI
ASSOCIATE of Fay Lucas, and quite possibly the wettest characterever to appear on Grange Hill. The episode in which her clarinetis stolen is undoubtedly the least compelling in the show'shistory. Played by PAULA TARAS.
THE STAFF
| 'BULLET' BAXTER ARCHETYPAL 'tough but fair' PE teacher played by MICHAEL CRONIN. Was the perennial downfall of Tucker, Doyle and co., and had it in for Gripper and his fellow, even-more-of-a-bastard PE teacher Mr. Hicks ('Slip on the wet floor, did you?'). Combined use of violence with diplomatic hardness. Didn't manage to save Jeremy Irvine however, or complete an orienteering course with Roland. |
MISS BOOTH
Art teacher, accused by Julia Glover's father, who was head ofgovernors, of moonlighting when she sold some of her pottery at acraft fair.
| MAURICE 'BRONCO' BRONSON ARCHETYPAL 'tough but a bastard' fruity-vowelled French teacher (Latin was his first subject, but when he switched from posh Rodney Bennett to oikey GH he had to 'downgrade' as it were) played by the ace MICHAEL SHEARD. Was the perennial downfall of everyone, and hounded Danny Kendall to extremes, until Dan exitted in Bronco's car, after which his status was greatly diminished. Zammo-assisted swimming pool dunking of long-suspected wig didn't help matters, either. 'You, boy!' was the bellowed phrase in corridors up and down the building. |
MR. GRIFFITHS
BLUFF, brown-coated elderlycaretaker, forever fixing something in the corridor when a herdof kids blundered through, cocking it all up. Ever on the alertfor things being nicked. And, as the stories got dafter, 'theghost of Grange Hill' in the boiler room. Silliness culminated inthe ridiculous hiding of a doomed donkey in a PE equipment shedwith Cleaver, Savage and Imelda. Played by GEORGE 'A' COOPER.
'HOPPY'HOPWOOD
TECHNOLOGY teacher. Corduroy jacket wearing good bloke, aproto-Mr Robson. Most famous for being the object of first CathyHargreaves', then Claire Scott's infatuation. Played by proto-Neil Pearson BRIAN'FULL HOUSE' CAPRON.
MR KENNEDY
AMIABLE, half-caste good bloke who treated the kids as adults while havingto deal with Mr Scott constantly seeking advice on his Cleaver trouble. Wasparticularly prone to making sacrifices in order to teach the kids something- he shaved off his moustache in a pact to make Banksie remove his crapbumfluff, and later raced the same pupil around the school a few times insome sort of fitness challenge but, ever the sportsman, he was about towin when he grabbed Banksie and pulled him over the line to force a draw. Healso tried, alongside Miss Booth, to give up smoking in order to force DannyKendall to kick the habit. Why was Kendall seemingly the only kid to smoke at that school?
MISSLEXINGTON
THE object of Duane Orpington's teenagerish lust, 'Sexy Lexy'taught Computer Studies. Thought to be really having a bit of athing with Mr Hopwood. But so was Miss Mooney, among others..
| BRIDGET 'THE MIDGET' MCCLUSKEY ARCHETYPAL 'tough but fair' headmistress of diminutive stature who ruled the GH roost for most of our chosen Cream period. Was to the left of psychos like Bronson, but to the right of wildcards such as Scruffy. Tried her best with Kendall. Regularly heard in her office - 'I'm not as harsh as you children seem to think..', or 'This is a school, not a borstal. Ties and blazers must be worn at all times. Am I making myself clear, Suzanne?' Yes, Miss. |
'SCRUFFY'MCGUFFY
ARCHETYPAL renegade tutor of Open Universityesque'unkempt' appearance, forever up against McCluskey for his'progressive' teaching methods. Supported pupil endeavours suchas the Student Action Group, flexitime, speaking wall, andperennial school magazine which was forever getting him intotrouble for a) subversive conent and b) wearing out thephotocopier. Was sacked for this, then reinstated after the SAGprotested to McCluskey.
MR McKENZIE
JOLLY Scottish craft teacher (always in a grey woodwork-master jacket) who had a permanent grin and a willing ear. Probably the only teacher in the whole of GH's history who never had a grudge held against him by any pupil, therefore dull.
MISS MOONEY
MUMSY English mistress, wooed 'Sooty' Sutcliffe for ages only tounceremoniously dump him when he finally made his move on a tripto Chessington Zoo (the same one where Roland shut himself in thecafeteria eating sausages all day).
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MISSPARTRIDGE
History teacher. Had secret child called Simon. Mini-scandal asshe wasn't married.
| MISS PETERSON GIRLS' PE teacher played by CHERYL BRANKER, adept at dealing with period anxieties, wannabe gymnastic champions (Fay Lucas) and hockey thugs (Trisha Yates). Shouted abuse at obligatory gang of boys trying to see into the girls' changing rooms twice per series, on average. |
MISS REGAN
PE TUTOR and mother of GH pupil Laura. Duties as perMiss Peterson.
MR SCOTT
WIMPY and socially-unskilled biology teacher who was constantly tormented byCleaver and Imelda and kept running to Kennedy for advice. Finally snappedwhen Cleaver told him to 'go tell your boyfriend Kennedy!' after anotherround of pisstaking, and only a last-ditch plea from Ronnie Birtles stoppedhim (alas) from smacking the fat ginger tosser deservedly in the face, following abrilliant slow stroll towards Cleaver's desk, with the boy's appealsfor peer help ('stop him someone!') falling on deaf ears. Later got a smallsemblance of retribution by dissecting a heart in front of the class,forcing Cleaver to lose face in front of the others by copiously throwingup.
MR SMART
GITTISH, moustachioed pre-Bronson wanker, despised just as much as thesyrupped French teacher would later be, but not feared. Spanned three maineras of Gripper/Zammo/Gonch, and best remembered for giving a patronisinglecture in something or other as the camera focussed on the words 'SMARTARSE' which Clare Scott had written in her exercise book, cue the oddcomplaint. Also identified the voice of Gripper Stebson as the thief afterGonch had bugged McCluskey's study.
| 'SOOTY' SUTCLIFFE HANDSOME, well-mannered (ie. rather poofy to the viewing child) English teacher, involved in brief romance with Miss Mooney. Lasted a fair part of the 'Hill course, too - he was around for ages. Shite at teaching - just hid behind the desk all lesson, allocated parts from Shakespeare to the thick kids then took the piss out of them when they couldn't read it properly. Played by JAMES WYNN. |
THOMAS 'TOMTOM' THOMPSON
THE caretaker who preceded old Donkey Griffiths. Exactlythe same as Griffiths. Same traits and everything.
Classic 'Hill japesthe old-fashioned way - the precarious chair tower, and (for somereason) a low-budget We Are The Champions! recreation.
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| Grange Hill | |
|---|---|
| Season 11 | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 5 January – 11 March 1988 |
| Series chronology | |
Next → Series 12 | |
| List of Grange Hill episodes |
GETTHE CLASSIC 'CHICKEN MAN' BY ALAN HAWKSHAW HERE
WORLD'S BEST ever kids' school drama, setin the eponymous somewhere-in-London comprehensive. The GloriousTucker and Benny Years ('77-'81) and the 'Ro-Land'/Kendall/ZammoEra ('82-8) are by far the best things creator PHIL REDMOND hasever put his name to. The spark, alas, died with rebel-with-causeDanny Kendall, but the show still limps emptily on for newgenerations. Below, we present a pupil and teacher roll-callscooping up a fair portion of the best of these two periods.
THE KIDS
STEVEN 'BANKSIE' BANKS
ALSO-RAN clean cut kid most famous for growing hopelessbumfluff 'tache upon graduation to all-new sixth form, invitingcondemnation from Bronson and ridicule from Baxter and fellowpupils alike.
| JUSTIN BENNETT HAPLESS, perpetually-sick/injured kid with lank hair and morose disposition. Played by ROBERT CRAIG-MORGAN. Fell off the roof of a shed, got nosebleeds. etc. Wretched, really. |
'BOOGA' BENSON
Keep your Grippers, Doyles, Davies and McCall (you don't get alook in, boy) the official Grange Hill Bogey Man for all time wasthe mad, bad, zitty Welsh lad who terrorised the corridors ofGrange Hill with pure, indiscriminate violence. In the latteryears we would be invited to inspect a somewhat simplisticcomposite of nature and nurture that resulted in, say, ImeldaDavies shoving wads of fibre-glass down people's back. In Booga'sday all we had to know was this: He's a Nut-Job! Best BoogaMemory: In order for the school disco to go ahead, Bridgetinsisted that the pupils grassed on the perpetrator of sometypically mindless piece of vandalism or theft (can't rememberthe exact details). Tucker, in the show-must-go-on spirit,eventually stepped forward and fingered Booga for it. Booga'sretribution was terrible, leading to scenes of Booga and his gangwhooping like them boys in The Lord of The Flies as they chargedthrough the corridors hunting the fleeing Jenkins. The endresult? Tucker got a bloody good kicking .. end of episode.
MIKE BENTLEY
LOOSE-LIPPED, weedy athlete who joined the show in the sixth form andimmediately became the lucky lust target for Georgina Hayes, who famouslytold Helen Kelly that he was still a virgin, forcing the less liberalfraternity in Tunbridge Wells to assault the typewriter in disgust. Ended upwinning loads of medals at some event despite a piss-up the night before andan archetypal 'pushy dad', who was never seen out of a tracksuit. Played byRENE ZAGGER, now pounding ver beat as PC Nick Klein in The Bill.
RONNIE BIRTLES
Does she really? Was the 'other one' out of poor-as-you-likelunchtime rap outfit Fresh 'n' Fly, with Michelle 'Hattie' Gayle's Fiona. Romantically linked with Gonch for a while.
| ROLAND 'RO-LAAND' BROWNING ERKAN MUSTAFA'S roly-poly pathologically quiet figure of fun went from young, bullied, chocolate-wrapper-hoarding son of MIKE SAVAGE off EUREKA! through broody, antisocial stooge to Gripper Stebson and unwilling 'boyfriend' of Janet St. Clair to jumpered sixth-form cookery expert with scarcely an ounce shed. Got lost when orienteering with Bullet Baxter. Nearly always had his hand in a packet of KP Cheese 'n' Onion. Rounded character, ho ho. |
TREVOR CLEAVER
UGLY FAT GINGE with volcanic complexion and surly dispositionoften, bizarrely, in league with Imelda Davies. Penchant forexport lager which caused him to fall asleep on yet anotherschool trip abroad and float out to sea on a tyre. Vince Savagewas his hopeless one-man 'gang'.
| IMELDA DAVIES TOMBOYISH punkette psychopath of the mid-'80s, very much 'her own girl' and hater of Ziggy Greaves (a vendetta which led to her own expulsion in a pitched water bomb battle gone wrong). Her gang, 'The Terror Hawks' (cheers, 1985!) went head-to-head with TREVOR CLEAVER. And blinked. Georgina Hayes was the only other notable member of Les Ts. |
CALLY DONNINGTON
STANDARD GH blonde played by SIMONE HYAMS, most famousin real life for thinking Michael Winner 'worth thecandle', so to speak.
MICKEY DOYLE
ALL-ROUND bully and git, the only force malevolent enough tounite Tucker and Trisha (albeit briefly). Put the hard-fought-forlunchtime common room into jeopardy after his money making scheme(yep, another one) of stealing light bulbs from the school andselling them to the local stereotypical Jewish hardware store wasrumbled. The anti-Tucker with his foppish fringe and dinner-moneyextortion rackets was the original Gripper Stebson. OK, neverquite as feared as Gripper and if you see the old episodes againhe's frankly a disappointment pretty much due to his sopranovoice. Still there must have been something about him, becausefor many under 12's he personified that terrible evil thatawaited you when you moved to the high school. Had two sidekickscalled 'Macker' and 'Robo'. His dad was on the local council(there were strong hints that he was a Tory of the Enoch Powelltradition) so he was a privileged, spoiled bully as opposed toGripper, who was a deprived, under-privileged one. Played byVINCENT HALL.
ANNETTE FIRMAN
ASSOCIATE of Fay Lucas. Always getting into scrapes and beratingFay for being 'Goody Two Shoes'. Played by NADIA CHAMBERS.
JIMMY FLYNN
THIRD member of the Jonah/Zammo gang, Played by TERRY KINSELLA. Agoofy, nay Walrus-faced, kid with a speech impediment whose onlyrole is to be a pain in the arse and piss people off. Hissub-Wildean dialogue includes: Dinner Lady: 'You've made melose my temper.' (Flynn looks behind counter) Dinner Lady:' 'Ere what yer doin'?' Flynn: 'I'm lookin foryour temper.' Hilarious.
| LUKE 'GONCH' GARDENER THE BILKO of GH. Money-making schemes 'were' him, from bingo in the boiler room to 'clean your PE kit for 50p' to selling 'buttered toast'. Bugged the staff room and caught Stebson nicking stuff. Inevitably went 'too far' and was undone by his greed and semi-comprehending shortarse associate 'Hollo' Holloway. Played by the familiarly-named JOHN HOLMES. |
JULIA GLOVER
ATTRACTIVE best mate of Laura Regan who was the kind of mature,'well-developed', hair-flicking stay-out-lategirlfriend many young male viewers wished they had.
| 'ZIGGY' GREAVES A SCOUSER, and so always held in low esteem by the bulk of the none-more-cockernee Hillites. Passions - football! Of course! And, er, 'mischief-making'. Seen here with long-time compadre Robbie, indulging in some good clean we're-gonna-be-in-trouble-before-25-minutes- are-up fun. Overcame arch rival Imelda Davies, but eventually pissed off anyway. Played by GEORGE CHRISTOPHER. |
| BENNY GREEN PLAYED by TERRY SUE PATT who, like Ant Jones, started off in CFF Films. Member, of course, of Tuckers' gang. Overcame racism and 'his dad's unemployed!' prejudice to play for the district footie team. 'Go on, then. Go ahead and hit me. But it won't make me wrong, will it?' |
| CATHY HARGREAVES TRISHA'S best mate and hockey companion, played by LINDY BRILL. Had troubled relationship with mum, dad and 'real dad', which inevitably led to her getting caught doing a bit of 'cry for help' shoplifting.. of a record of 'Amazing Grace' of all things. Fancied the much-fancied 'Hoppy' Hopwood, and followed him around the corridors. Until he told her to 'go away'. |
GEORGINA HAYES
INITIALLY girlfriend of short-stay budget Tucker ANTJONES and member of IMELDA DAVIES' daft 'Terror Hawks'gang. Latterly as lovetorn 'across the barricades' case after Antwas relocated to St. Josephs. Ended up going out with Ziggy.
'HOLLO' HOLLOWAY
PARTHER IN CRIME of Gonch, of course, usually coming offthe worst in their many money-making schemes (ie. doing most ofthe work, taking most of the blame when it went pear-shaped),unless there were some hapless second-formers to rope into theproceedings. Effortlessly baited T Cleaver with the 'hauntedboiler room' bit. Left two years before Gonch, who was neverquite the same after. 'Push off, Cleaver!' Played byBRADLEY SHEPPARD.
| ALAN HUMPHRIES THIRD member of the Jenkins gang. Burly chess-playing lummox played by GEORGE ARMSTRONG and also to be seen hanging about with Billy MacArthur. Dramatically floored by 'Hoppy' Hopwood after he discovered him having a crafty Woodbine in class. |
JEREMY IRVINE
ILL-STARRED cousin of Jonah's, dared by him to jump in the poolafter a swimming lesson to get Fay Lucas' bangle (thrown in byZammo) for a rather weak 'dare'. Went in, never came out alive,despite the best 'Don't.. die.. (thump)' efforts ofhave-a-go hero Baxter, who later got a bollocking (as did theepisdoe itself from irate viewers) for leaving the kidsunattended in the pool.
| PETER 'TUCKER' JENKINS TODD CARTY'S original 'rapscallion' will always be synonymous with The 'Hill. From his original incarnation as a tiny, bowl-cutted brat, mouthing off to Baxter and getting one over on nemesis Trisha Yates, to senior leather biker, lording it benevolently over all the school, including Gripper. Head of the original 'gang of four' (cf Alan Humphries, Benny Green, Tommy Watson), who were forever pleading with the Man to 'leave it aaaht'. Nickname derived, somewhat predictably, from lunchtime tuckshop fondness. The downbeat TUCKER'S LUCK and a job at a filling station followed. |
ANTHONY 'ANT'JONES
COOL, mulleted, slightly dull semi-rebel, most famously seen inCFF masterpiece POP PIRATES. A favourite of 'Pip' Schofield,suspiciously. Ended up transferring to rival school St. Joseph'safter one Bronson run-in too many. Played by RICKY SIMMONDS.
'JONAH' JONES
EARLY mate of Zammo. Got gloomy monicker after Jeremy Irvineincident. Famously stole a couple of Rodney Bennett uniforms withZammo and passed themselves off as RB pupils for a day, untilBullet turned up to borrow some PE equipment.. Played by LEESPARKS, who went on to appear in rubbish ITV schools musicaldrama BEHIND THE BIKE SHEDS.
ANTHONYKARAMANOPOLIS
FAMED, a la JUSTIN BENNETT, for taking a plunge from theroof of a local shopping centre, during an increasinglylife-threatening series of chicken games. Cue limp body onground, shocked face of mate, silent end credits. Prior to that,all he did was fall asleep in class because his dad was workinghim too hard in the shop.
HELEN KELLY
SPIKEY, whiney-voiced 'lib girl' who formed part of Imelda's 'Terror Hawks'(do you see?) gang and later blatantly told Bronson that she hadn't done her Frenchhomework because she 'was watching Clint Eastwood'. Later accusedBronson of chauvinism when he told her she should forget her ambitions to bean engineer and go for secretarial training instead, proving him wrong bycompleting a successful work placement at some factory, enduring the notunexpected sexist jibes from the workforce in the process. Also went througha series of crap 'dares' with Georgina, which resulted in her having atattoo of a spider put on her arm. Played by RUTH CARRAWAY.
| DANNY KENDALL MISUNDERSTOOD artistic genius, mural-daubing man-with-a-mission, instigator of the Speaking Wall and Radio GH, and redesigner of the GH badge into a rubbishy purple graphic which coincided with the series buckling under and going crap. A loner, ever moaning at McCluskey to get him a graphic design work placement and 'keep Bronson off my back!', the sickly boy finally copped it, poetically, in the back of Bronson's car after stealing it, leading to the infamous silent hounding of Maurice in the playground the next week.Played by JONATHAN LAMBETH. |
| FAY LUCAS MUCH-FANCIED 'romantic lead' material (ie. her character wasn't too thrilling, to be honest), Fay's main schtick was gymnastics, leading to many 'you shouldn't be neglecting your studies' discussions and bitchy 'Urgh! She's got all muscles!' comments from fellow girls. Played by ALISON BETTLES, seen here Just Saying No in the dreadful 'pumping iron/roller disco' video for that rather misguided spin off 'message' single. Hung about with BELINDA ZOWKOWSKI and ANNETTE FIRMAN. |
FREDMAINWARING
OLDER brother of Chrissy. Clearly fancied himself,having had a brief thing with Julia Glover before going for theolder Julie Merchant. In the barge trip which took place whenZammo/Roland et al were in their last year, Fred took his entiredesigner wardrobe with him, got all his clothes ripped ormuddied, and ended up wearing an Arran sweater and looking aprize pillock. Ended up going out with Laura Regan after Julieleft school, and Julia was removed elsewhere by her disapprovingfather (see below). Also older brother of Chrissy.
'MAULER'McCAUL
SECOND-DIVISION 'hard', menaced Gonch, but not that much.American football fetish. Rubbish Gridiron Gang (cue endlessrunning about the playground in shoulder pads and helmet like aprize mid-'80s pillock) included 'Spit' (not the dog, alas).
McCLAREN
ANOTHER money-making schemer (what was it with The 'Hill andproto-capitalists?), at his peak during the year GH had theirsponsored walk. I believe he opened a book on the results of thewalk and, for some reason, backed Roland to win it. Of course, itdidn't work out like that. McClaren out-Pogo'd Pogo and outGonch'd-Gonch for being the funniest, and wiliest GH money-maker.His sidekick was that chap who later went onto to play'gay' Barry in EastEnders.
SUSI MACMAHON
FAT GIRL perennially teased by Pongo Yates and driven to anorexia(well, only eating one sausage at teatime for a bit).
| SAMUEL 'ZAMMO' MAGUIRE THE SHAUN RYDER of GH, turned from second-form mini-rogue and associate of 'Jonah' Jones and ill-fated Jeremy Irvine to one-boy rock 'n' roll casualty within the space of one season. In short, he chased the dragon and got a smack in the nose. Overcame the evil poppy against the odds, mind, thanks to patient teachers and a dreary-looking dry-out clinic. Catchphrase: 'It's not cut glass, it's smooth. Dead posh, though! Fifty quid?' Played by LEE MACDONALD. |
PRECIOUSMATTHEWS
FELLOW PUPIL of Tucker et al. Token black girl, and as such hadfew memorable 'escapades', alas. Actress went on to appear inlacklustre drama Call Me Mister. See also Glenroy, tokenRastafarian of smashed open day exhibit and massive sound systemfor hire at school disco fame.
DUANEORPINGTON
SAPPY kid with a crush on Miss Lexington ('can I carry yourbags, miss?'), but not of Clair Scott/Hopwood proportions.
STUART 'POGO'PATTERSON
FATTO ginger kid with nickname of unknown origin, prone totuckshop 'raids' and proto-Gonch moneymaking schemes designed tofeed said 'urge', including short-lived Rice Krispy cake racket.Actually tried that 'exam answers on chewing gum wrappers'gambit. And was, inevitably, caught at it. Played by PETER MORAN,who even wrote an autobiography and called it, rather bitterly,'Pogo-Stuck' (geddit?)
AICHAA RASHIM
FOXY Asian sixth-former who annoyed her pal Georgina by getting a modellingassignment for a magazine while Georgina was turned down, only to be deniedher big chance by her stereotypically mollycoddling parents, who deemed theopportunity unsuitable for their culture. Dated Robbie Wright for a while,who chivalrously broke the ice by introducing himself to her parents ratherthan let them find out surreptitiously that she was seeing (gasp) a whiteboy. Played by VEENA TULSIANI.
| SUZANNE ROSS CLEARLY SUSAN TULLY, of course. Hated school uniforms, loved 'Scruffy' McGuffy, and helmed the anarcho-synicalist Student Action Group to save the latter and scrap the former (Uniform's a drag, so says the SAG!'). After leaving, spent a bit of time dressing up like Mrs. Robert Smith (left) and strutting round the GH corridors waiting to be 'done' by McCluskey, whereupon she would inform her that she weren't at this school no more, and so could wear what she liked, so ner. |
JANET St.CLAIR
'LET ME help you, Rol-aaand!' Yep, the hapless Roly'swould-be girl, played by SIMONE NYLANDER and not Michelle Gayle,who was in it much later, as Fiona part of awful sub-Cookie Crewoutfit Fresh 'n' Fly (cf RONNIE BIRTLES).
VINCE SAVAGE
SLACK JAWED, buzzcutted and thick, thick, THICK stooge to TrevorCleaver. Believed the mottled one had eerie supernatural powerswith little encouragement. Came into his own during misguidedHarriet the donkey saga.
CLAIRE SCOTT
'SWEET' girl with a serious crush for Mr. Hopwood, leading tofictitious diary entries which portrayed her school girlsex-fantasies with 'Hoppy' as though they were real. Of course,in Grange Hill, everyone's diaries are regularly read by theirmums ('darling, I was just worried about you - and youhaven't been speaking to me lately') which in this case ledto Mr Scott storming red-faced around Grange Hill looking to twathim who'd dunnit to his daughter. Pogo's response whenencountering Mr Scott rampaging: 'Get Bullet!' Playedby PAULA ANN BLAND.
| 'GRIPPER' STEBSON VIOLENT, racist junior thug who, despite having ROLAND BROWNING in his 'gang' (along with Danny Rees, etc.) ruled GH with an iron fist until finally kicked out with help from tough-but-fair Bullet Baxter. Last seen harrassing Zammo and pals at the GH junior fun-run on his butcher's delivery bike. How the mighty, etc.. Supported Chelsea. Was a wizard at Space Invaders. Played by MARK SAVAGE. |
CHRISTOPHER 'STEWPOT' STEWART
WISECRACKING best mate of Duane Orpington, who blanked him and then punchedhim after both went after Claire Scott and Stewpot won. Comeuppance was due,and Duane was delighted when McCluskey suspended the young lovebirds afterthey were caught snogging in the book cupboard. MARK BURDIS was yer man,who now frequents two piss-poor police shows; Operation Good Guys and The Bill. He is completely bald.
MADELEINETANNER
ANOTHER early 'Hill bad girl a la Trisha. Darednice-but-troubled Cathy Hargreaves to do a bit of tealeafing downthe local Woolies. Nasty.
TOMMY WATSON
THE fourth member of Tucker's original gang, and possibly theleast memorable, apart from the infamous incident when he wassmuggled onto a school coach via the emergency exit for a campingtrip to France. With, of course, disastrous consequences.
| JACKI WRIGHT THE FIFTH-FORM bride! Aka the prospective 'Mrs. Zammo McGuire', aka (really) MELISSA WILKES, of OUR SHOW 'Grand Pricks' infamy. Worried a lot, mostly about Zammo, but also about mysterious rival suitor 'Loop Wind'. As well she might, quite frankly. |
ROBBIE WRIGHT
ZIGGY'S co-conspirator, asHollo was to Gonch or Benny to Tucker. Outstayed the Zig, and gotmixed up in football hooliganism before leaving. Li'l bruv ofJacki (above). Played by JOHN 'I've been stitched up!'ALFORD.
| TRISHA YATES ARCH-RIVAL to Tucker (who called her 'Pongo', for easily-guessable reasons) and violent hockey-bitch. Played by MICHELLE HIBBERT with a Lorraine Chase voice. Scruffy and sarky, but (yes) 'a good girl at heart'. |
BELINDAZOWKOWSKI
ASSOCIATE of Fay Lucas, and quite possibly the wettest characterever to appear on Grange Hill. The episode in which her clarinetis stolen is undoubtedly the least compelling in the show'shistory. Played by PAULA TARAS.
THE STAFF
| 'BULLET' BAXTER ARCHETYPAL 'tough but fair' PE teacher played by MICHAEL CRONIN. Was the perennial downfall of Tucker, Doyle and co., and had it in for Gripper and his fellow, even-more-of-a-bastard PE teacher Mr. Hicks ('Slip on the wet floor, did you?'). Combined use of violence with diplomatic hardness. Didn't manage to save Jeremy Irvine however, or complete an orienteering course with Roland. |
MISS BOOTH
Art teacher, accused by Julia Glover's father, who was head ofgovernors, of moonlighting when she sold some of her pottery at acraft fair.
| MAURICE 'BRONCO' BRONSON ARCHETYPAL 'tough but a bastard' fruity-vowelled French teacher (Latin was his first subject, but when he switched from posh Rodney Bennett to oikey GH he had to 'downgrade' as it were) played by the ace MICHAEL SHEARD. Was the perennial downfall of everyone, and hounded Danny Kendall to extremes, until Dan exitted in Bronco's car, after which his status was greatly diminished. Zammo-assisted swimming pool dunking of long-suspected wig didn't help matters, either. 'You, boy!' was the bellowed phrase in corridors up and down the building. |
MR. GRIFFITHS
BLUFF, brown-coated elderlycaretaker, forever fixing something in the corridor when a herdof kids blundered through, cocking it all up. Ever on the alertfor things being nicked. And, as the stories got dafter, 'theghost of Grange Hill' in the boiler room. Silliness culminated inthe ridiculous hiding of a doomed donkey in a PE equipment shedwith Cleaver, Savage and Imelda. Played by GEORGE 'A' COOPER.
'HOPPY'HOPWOOD
TECHNOLOGY teacher. Corduroy jacket wearing good bloke, aproto-Mr Robson. Most famous for being the object of first CathyHargreaves', then Claire Scott's infatuation. Played by proto-Neil Pearson BRIAN'FULL HOUSE' CAPRON.
MR KENNEDY
AMIABLE, half-caste good bloke who treated the kids as adults while havingto deal with Mr Scott constantly seeking advice on his Cleaver trouble. Wasparticularly prone to making sacrifices in order to teach the kids something- he shaved off his moustache in a pact to make Banksie remove his crapbumfluff, and later raced the same pupil around the school a few times insome sort of fitness challenge but, ever the sportsman, he was about towin when he grabbed Banksie and pulled him over the line to force a draw. Healso tried, alongside Miss Booth, to give up smoking in order to force DannyKendall to kick the habit. Why was Kendall seemingly the only kid to smoke at that school?
MISSLEXINGTON
THE object of Duane Orpington's teenagerish lust, 'Sexy Lexy'taught Computer Studies. Thought to be really having a bit of athing with Mr Hopwood. But so was Miss Mooney, among others..
| BRIDGET 'THE MIDGET' MCCLUSKEY ARCHETYPAL 'tough but fair' headmistress of diminutive stature who ruled the GH roost for most of our chosen Cream period. Was to the left of psychos like Bronson, but to the right of wildcards such as Scruffy. Tried her best with Kendall. Regularly heard in her office - 'I'm not as harsh as you children seem to think..', or 'This is a school, not a borstal. Ties and blazers must be worn at all times. Am I making myself clear, Suzanne?' Yes, Miss. |
'SCRUFFY'MCGUFFY
ARCHETYPAL renegade tutor of Open Universityesque'unkempt' appearance, forever up against McCluskey for his'progressive' teaching methods. Supported pupil endeavours suchas the Student Action Group, flexitime, speaking wall, andperennial school magazine which was forever getting him intotrouble for a) subversive conent and b) wearing out thephotocopier. Was sacked for this, then reinstated after the SAGprotested to McCluskey.
MR McKENZIE
JOLLY Scottish craft teacher (always in a grey woodwork-master jacket) who had a permanent grin and a willing ear. Probably the only teacher in the whole of GH's history who never had a grudge held against him by any pupil, therefore dull.
MISS MOONEY
MUMSY English mistress, wooed 'Sooty' Sutcliffe for ages only tounceremoniously dump him when he finally made his move on a tripto Chessington Zoo (the same one where Roland shut himself in thecafeteria eating sausages all day).
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MISSPARTRIDGE
History teacher. Had secret child called Simon. Mini-scandal asshe wasn't married.
| MISS PETERSON GIRLS' PE teacher played by CHERYL BRANKER, adept at dealing with period anxieties, wannabe gymnastic champions (Fay Lucas) and hockey thugs (Trisha Yates). Shouted abuse at obligatory gang of boys trying to see into the girls' changing rooms twice per series, on average. |
MISS REGAN
PE TUTOR and mother of GH pupil Laura. Duties as perMiss Peterson.
MR SCOTT
WIMPY and socially-unskilled biology teacher who was constantly tormented byCleaver and Imelda and kept running to Kennedy for advice. Finally snappedwhen Cleaver told him to 'go tell your boyfriend Kennedy!' after anotherround of pisstaking, and only a last-ditch plea from Ronnie Birtles stoppedhim (alas) from smacking the fat ginger tosser deservedly in the face, following abrilliant slow stroll towards Cleaver's desk, with the boy's appealsfor peer help ('stop him someone!') falling on deaf ears. Later got a smallsemblance of retribution by dissecting a heart in front of the class,forcing Cleaver to lose face in front of the others by copiously throwingup.
MR SMART
GITTISH, moustachioed pre-Bronson wanker, despised just as much as thesyrupped French teacher would later be, but not feared. Spanned three maineras of Gripper/Zammo/Gonch, and best remembered for giving a patronisinglecture in something or other as the camera focussed on the words 'SMARTARSE' which Clare Scott had written in her exercise book, cue the oddcomplaint. Also identified the voice of Gripper Stebson as the thief afterGonch had bugged McCluskey's study.
| 'SOOTY' SUTCLIFFE HANDSOME, well-mannered (ie. rather poofy to the viewing child) English teacher, involved in brief romance with Miss Mooney. Lasted a fair part of the 'Hill course, too - he was around for ages. Shite at teaching - just hid behind the desk all lesson, allocated parts from Shakespeare to the thick kids then took the piss out of them when they couldn't read it properly. Played by JAMES WYNN. |
THOMAS 'TOMTOM' THOMPSON
THE caretaker who preceded old Donkey Griffiths. Exactlythe same as Griffiths. Same traits and everything.
Classic 'Hill japesthe old-fashioned way - the precarious chair tower, and (for somereason) a low-budget We Are The Champions! recreation.
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| Grange Hill | |
|---|---|
| Season 11 | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 5 January – 11 March 1988 |
| Series chronology | |
Next → Series 12 | |
| List of Grange Hill episodes |
The eleventh series of the British television drama series Grange Hill began broadcasting on 5 January 1988, before ending on 11 March 1988 on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the staff and pupils of the eponymous school, an inner-city Londoncomprehensive school. It consists of twenty episodes.
Cast and characters[edit]
Pupils[edit]
- Jonathan Lambeth as Danny Kendall
- Fiona Lee-Fraser as Laura Reagan
- Alison McLaughlin as Louise Webb
- Sara Peters as Julia Glover
- Simon Vaughan as Freddie Mainwaring
- Simone Hyams as Calley Donnington
- John Drummond as Trevor Cleaver
- Tina Mahon as Ronnie Birtles
- John Alford as Robbie Wright
- John McMahon as Gonch Gardner
- Steve West as Vince Savage
- Ruth Carraway as Helen Kelly
- Joann Kenny as Jane Bishop
- Samantha Lewis as Georgina Hayes
- George Christopher as Ziggy Greaves
- Ian Congdon-Lee as Ted Fisk
- Joshua Fenton as Mauler McCaul
- Michelle Gayle as Fiona Wilson
- Rachel Victoria Roberts as Justine Dean
- Sonya Kearns as Chrissy Mainwaring
- Paul Adams as Matthew Pearson
- Sean Maguire as Tegs Ratcliffe
- Lynne Radford as Susi Young
- Darren Cudjoe as Clarke Trent
Teachers[edit]
- Gwyneth Powell as Mrs Bridget McClusky
- Nicholas Donnelly as Mr Craig McKenzie
- George A. Cooper as Mr Eric Griffiths
- Karen Ford as Miss Ginny Booth
- Michael Sheard as Mr Maurice Bronson
- Lucinda Curtis as Mrs Liz Reagan
- Stuart Organ as Mr Peter Robson
- Madelaine Church as Mrs Margaret Stone
Episodes[edit]
| No. | Episode | Writer | Director | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode One | Chris Ellis | Albert Barber | 5 January 1988 |
| As the school gates open for a new school year, Ziggy and Robbie wish it was still the summer holidays | ||||
| 2 | Episode Two | Chris Ellis | Albert Barber | 8 January 1988 |
| Chrissy wants to be famous. Matthew decides to skip class. | ||||
| 3 | Episode Three | David Angus | Albert Barber | 12 January 1988 |
| Ziggy and Robbie find themselves becoming involved in Gonch's latest money making scheme. Mr Bronson is shocked by Helen's excuse for not having done her homework. | ||||
| 4 | Episode Four | David Angus | Albert Barber | 15 January 1988 |
| Ronnie is taken to see some hip hop being performed by her new friend Fiona. Georgina is upset when Mauler tries to kiss her. | ||||
| 5 | Episode Five | David Angus | John Smith | 19 January 1988 |
| Matthew lies about what happened over the weekend. Tegs attempts to get even with Mauler. | ||||
| 6 | Episode Six | David Angus | John Smith | 22 January 1988 |
| Gonch's money making scheme causes problems for himself. | ||||
| 7 | Episode Seven | Sarah Daniels | John Smith | 26 January 1988 |
| Things go wrong when Mauler attempts to gain revenge on Tegs. Helen has a secret which she isn't telling anybody. | ||||
| 8 | Episode Eight | Sarah Daniels | John Smith | 29 January 1988 |
| Laura isn't happy when she learns her mother has a new boyfriend. Mr Bronson gets even with Mauler. | ||||
| 9 | Episode Nine | Margaret Simpson | Robert Gabriel | 2 February 1988 |
| Ronnie and Fiona practice their hip hop routine they have been working on. Danny offers to provide the sounds for them. | ||||
| 10 | Episode Ten | Margaret Simpson | Robert Gabriel | 5 February 1988 |
| Freddie isn't happy when he learns he will have to learn dance instead of playing football. The boys decide to do something about Mauler. | ||||
| 11 | Episode Eleven | Margaret Simpson | Robert Gabriel | 9 February 1988 |
| Gonch finds himself in trouble. Chrissy and Susi's badge idea becomes a craze around the school. | ||||
| 12 | Episode Twelve | David Angus | Albert Barber | 12 February 1988 |
| Ronnie and Fiona enter the hip hop competition. Mrs Reagan throws a dinner party. Ronnie borrows some money from her mother without telling her. | ||||
| 13 | Episode Thirteen | Kay Trainer | Albert Barber | 16 February 1988 |
| Mr McKenzie is worried about Matthew. Laura isn't happy with Simon's actions after she learns from Julia what he tried to do. | ||||
| 14 | Episode Fourteen | Barry Purchese | Albert Barber | 19 February 1988 |
| Tegs takes Justine to tea at his aunt's house but it turns out not to be his aunt's house after all. Freddie is upset that Mr Robson isn't picking the best players for the school's football team. | ||||
| 15 | Episode Fifteen | Barry Purchese | Albert Barber | 23 February 1988 |
| Ziggy gets a group together to help deal with Mauler, but Mr. Griffiths ends up getting in the way. Ronnie is tempted into shoplifting but ends up getting caught. | ||||
| 16 | Episode Sixteen | Barry Purchese | John Smith | 26 February 1988 |
| Matthew tells Mr. Mackenzie about his drunken father. Calley and the girls decide to own up about their shoplifting in an effort to help Ronnie. | ||||
| 17 | Episode Seventeen | Barry Purchese | John Smith | 1 March 1988 |
| Gonch starts a new baby sitting business with Ziggy, but first he needs to get them some temporary girlfriends. The girls own up to Mrs McCluskey about their shoplifting. | ||||
| 18 | Episode Eighteen | Barry Purchese | John Smith | 4 March 1988 |
| The girls learn a tough lesson from Mrs McCluskey about shop lifting. Both Calley and Robbie get ready to go on their first date together but when Calley is late Robbie thinks he has been stood up. | ||||
| 19 | Episode Nineteen | Margaret Simpson | John Smith | 8 March 1988 |
| The police issue Ronnie with a caution. Efforts to finally get Calley and Robbie together don't go to plan. | ||||
| 20 | Episode Twenty | Margaret Simpson | Robert Gabriel | 11 March 1988 |
| It's 'Wear What You Like' day on the final day of term. Mauler's gang have one last chance to get even with Ziggy before he may leave the school for good. |
DVD release[edit]
The eleventh series of Grange Hill has never been released on DVD as of 2014.
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Notes[edit]
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References[edit]
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